Diluting Bricanyl

I am on s/c and usually use Sodium Chloride to dilute, when I got my repeat the pharmacy gave me water for injection but its labelled sodium! Is it ok to use the water or does it have to be Saline?

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Can't give you a yes or no, but saline is used to refer to a sterile solution of sodium chloride (salt in water)

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hi barnsey,

i would say no,

i dont normally dilute my bricanyl, at all, but if i do i use saline,

as a student a collegue and i were teaching a patient to give himself s/c insuline, and as we didnt know if we could do it ourselves, we tried, our mistake was with using water for injections not saline, it was agony!!

so i would go back to the chemist and inform them that they may have made an error and get it sorted,

george xx

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I'd have to check with a pharmacist myself to see if you could use water for injections rather than saline. That aside though, if you've been given something that is clearly different from its label - take it back to the pharmacy, as it appears to have been a dispensing error.